On the morning of August 26, 2025, a three-vehicle crash near Highway 24 and Blue Gill Drive in unincorporated El Paso County became a homicide investigation. Deputies responding to a report at about 8:10 AM found 29-year-old Noel Gutierrez-Cano in a white pickup truck towing a black trailer; he was pronounced dead at the scene. The coroner’s examination found at least one gunshot wound, and the death was investigated as a homicide.

The pickup’s driver fled after the collision. Investigators sought dashcam and security footage and asked for information about a white 2013 GMC Sierra Denali with a black trailer. Detectives identified 26-year-old Jose Cruz Diaz Vazquez as a person of interest after a nearby traffic stop produced body-worn camera images linking a passenger to the crash. Diaz Vazquez was arrested in Las Vegas, New Mexico, on September 3, 2025, on an unrelated warrant; El Paso County charged him with second-degree murder and placed a fugitive hold pending extradition.

If anyone has dashcam, security footage, or other information about the truck, the crash, or the individuals involved, please share what is known.